No sound over Speakers, only headphones

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#1

Hi everyone. So, I’m new to the Linux world, we’re trying Manjaro but the sound isn’t working properly. I already looked in this forum and other places for a possible solution and tried some of the suggested solutions, but nothing seems to work.
The problem is only in the speakers, when I connect headphones they work normally. And the speakers work in Windows (dual-boot).
Thanks in advance.

pacmd dump &&
sudo alsa-info.sh --upload
Your ALSA information is located at http://alsa-project.org/db/?f=bf05ec69606c0c34643152bf4ae677e4b773a2f8

aplay -l

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC256 Analog [ALC256 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 10: HDMI 4 [HDMI 4]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

inxi -Fxz

System:
  Kernel: 5.13.19-2-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
  Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: LG product: 22V270-L.BJ31P1 v: 0.1 serial: <filter>
  Mobo: LG model: 22V270 v: 2 serial: <filter> UEFI: Phoenix v: 22VB0230 X64
  date: 02/16/2017
CPU:
  Info: Quad Core model: Intel Celeron N3450 bits: 64 type: MCP
  arch: Goldmont rev: 9 cache: L2: 1024 KiB
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 8756
  Speed: 796 MHz min/max: 800/2200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 796 2: 2089
  3: 1454 4: 2159
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 500 vendor: LG driver: i915 v: kernel
  bus-ID: 00:02.0
  Device-2: Silicon Motion LG HD webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
  bus-ID: 1-8:5
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: loaded: modesetting
  resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 500 (APL 2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.3
  direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series Audio Cluster vendor: LG driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:0e.0
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.13.19-2-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.38 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak] driver: iwlwifi
  v: kernel bus-ID: 02:00.0
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
  vendor: LG driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 1000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
  IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 3168 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
  bus-ID: 1-7:4
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
  rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 12.92 GiB (2.8%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD5000LPCX-22VHAT0
  size: 465.76 GiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 95.56 GiB used: 12.49 GiB (13.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda7
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 508 MiB used: 437.3 MiB (86.1%) fs: vfat
  dev: /dev/sda6
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0 C mobo: 0.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 209 Uptime: 19m Memory: 3.68 GiB used: 1.91 GiB (52.0%)
  Init: systemd Compilers: gcc: N/A Packages: 1258 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.8
  inxi: 3.3.08
#2

From looking at these threads (they’re in portuguese, so I might be wrong):
https://plus.diolinux.com.br/t/lg-all-in-one-22v270-sem-som/2229
https://www.vivaolinux.com.br/topico/Linux-Mint/All-in-One-LG-23v545-sem-audio
It would seem that there is a problem with the initialization of the sound device. The fix is to either boot up Windows, then restart to GNU/Linux, or to press the Volume+ button on the device.

#3

Tried those, no success :frowning:
Also, this LG model I have doesn’t have a frontal panel or volume buttons anywhere.

#4

This post might help:
https://forum.manjaro.org/t/no-sound-in-manjaro-x64-xfce/77166/5?u=randomguy1

They have a different computer, but the same sound device, and the page on linux-hardware that they linked to does say to use the sof-pci driver for that device.

#5

System data shows kernel v5.13 in use, that has recently been marked as End Of Life in update announcements

System data also shows 2 sound servers running

  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.38 running: yes

See this previous post for how to deal with both issues – Microphone not taking input

ALSA data is showing modprobe options added to system

!!Modprobe options (Sound related)
!!--------------------------------

snd_hda_intel: model=pch position_fix=1

I assume this was something suggested from elsewhere that did not work
I cannot find model=pch listed in current model options for HDA Intel audio codecs
These options might be forcing use of legacy driver snd_hda_intel and preventing the Sound Open Firmware driver being loaded
I suggest you remove these options and reboot system, then check if system is able to detect audio devices and appropriate drivers

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